Brevard County Man Sentenced to 215 Months for Bank Robbery

U.S. Attorney’s Office
November 17, 2010

Middle District of Florida(813) 274-6000

ORLANDO, FL—U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Senior U.S.
District Judge G. Kendall Sharp today sentenced Otis Alex Jones (age 40, of Brevard
County) to 215 months in federal prison for two different bank robberies of a Palm Bay
branch of Regions Bank. The second robbery involved the use of a firearm. As part of the
sentence, the court also entered a restitution order in the amount of $22,612. This amount
represents the value of the proceeds of the bank robberies. Jones was found guilty by jury
trial on July 23, 2010.

According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, Jones robbed the Regions
Bank branch at 4805 Babcock Street, N.E., Palm Bay, Florida of $17,600 on April 10, 2009
and again on April 29, 2009, when he was able to take $5,012. That branch is no longer
in operation. The first time he robbed the bank, Jones presented a note stating: "I WANT
$20 GRAND IN 20 SECOND'S NO DIE PACK'S NO TRACER OR YOU DIE FIRST 18
SECOND'S HAS PAST!!" The second time Jones robbed the bank, he used a handgun.
Although he tried to hide his face using a dark bandana, bank employees immediately
recognized Jones from the first robbery when he entered the bank branch on April 29,
2009 waving a gun.

This case was investigated by the Palm Bay Police Department and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney E. Jackson
Boggs Jr.